Daily Republican., 1887-03-01
THE EVENING HOUR.


He who loves with purity considers
not the gin Of the lover, but the love
Of the giver.
A promise into which we have once
penetrated Is like q star upon which
We have once looked through the tel
Escape. We always see 1t, afterwards,
full Of the brightness and color which
that look showed US. Even il 1t grows
dim behind q cloud, or other nearer
stars seem TO outshine it, we never
think 1t dull or small after we have
once looked deep into It's depths.
A well-built Christian is harmonious
in all his parts. No one trait shames
another. He is not n tumble of incon-
sistencies, to-day liberal to one cause,
tomorrow niggardly toward another;
to-day fluent in prayer. tomorrow
fluent In falsehoods. He does not
keep the fourth commandment ON Sun
day. and break the eighth on Monday.
He does not shirk an honest debt to
make huge donation. He is not In
favor Of temperance for other folk 9
and glass Of toddy for himself. He
doe, not exhort or pray At each of the
meetings he attends, to make up ar
rcarages for the few meetings which
he neglects. He does not so consume
his spiritual fuel during revival sea-
sons that he is as cold as Nova Zembla
during all the rest of the time; nor
does his spiritual fervor ever outrun
his we'll ordered conversation,
Man ought not to make of himself
simply q beast of burden. Every man
should take time to cultivate his mind
and his soul. He should also take an
occasional holiday with his family ,and
make it a day OF rest, joy happiness.
OF course, many men will exclaim
'That is impossible" Yes, it is, as
you now look at 1t. If you consider
yourself, your wife, your children as
mere machines, then it is. But let us
whisper in your ear, your plan of lite
If il may be dignified by The word
Is all wrong. Life is short. God
meant that you should enjoy it.
Eternity Is long. God demands that
you prepare for it. You are too anxi.
GUS about the things Of this life. 1t Ia
wrong to neglect them. 1t is also
wrong to be too much worried about
them. Your life should be patterned
on Gods plaza busy, but happy
life. He means that you shall find
COntentment In your work. The happy
and contented are the best workers.
Golden Rule.
There is one thing that man who
desires 10 be peacemsker should not
do, and l may as well refer to 1t,
though, perhaps, to you IL may not be
necessary. 1t is largely INDUCED in
in what is called society, and that is
reporting what transpires In house
holds. A household is . court of love,
and what Is done there should stop
there, as far as talk about il is con-
cerned. II is the tendency to tattle,
to say disparaging things, to expose
the weak places. that should be dis
couraged. l know what this is. l
have had to bear it myself. / have
brethren in this city who pray for me,
but at the same time they despitefully
use me. They are suspicious OF me,
and they originate suspicious by their
talk. Now, can do enough myself
to make people suspicious OF me, and
l can do 80 much of this that these
brethren need not help me. But they
do enough OF it to stir the righteous
man In me. This has been so strong
sometimes that have desired to use
the prerogative Of God, and bring
down vengeance upon them. But l
have remembered that the Lord
reigncth, and l have restrained my
self. Ysu can do the same thing, and
you can do better by reconciling men
than setting them TO quarrelling. H.
w Raachar